News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after the White House announced that President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into Russian hacking to potentially influence the 2016 U.S. election, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Five years after U.S. Senator Jack Reed first called for a national strategy to combat Lyme disease, Congress passed the Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act.  The bipartisan legislation,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after former U.S. Senator and astronaut John Glenn (D-OH) passed away at the age 95, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “John Glenn was an inspiration to many and one of the finest men I... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today voted 92-7 to approve the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).  The bill authorizes approximately $543 billion for national defense programs, as well as an additional $67.8... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after reports that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate fast food executive Andrew Puzder to be the next U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Labor, Health and Human Services,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate today voted 94-5 to pass a major medical research and mental health bill, that contains $4.8 billion in federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for programs like the precision medicine initiative... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- With Congress poised to consider changing U.S. bankruptcy laws in a way that would put the rights of financial firms with large risky bets ahead of the claims of average Americans, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With President-elect Donald Trump scheduled to hold an event in Fayetteville, North Carolina tonight to officially announce the nomination of General James N. Mattis (ret.) to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator... Read More

First, I would like to thank Chairman McCain for scheduling this important hearing to discuss threats to U.S. national security and our strategy for countering such threats.  I would also like to thank our witnesses for their participation in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following statement today on President-elect Trump’s nomination of Dr. Ben Carson as his nominee to be the next U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement after the Colombian government officially approved a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) this week: “It is never easy to make... Read More

I want to join Senator McCain in welcoming Director Gilmore, Secretary Stackley, Admiral Rowden and Mr. Francis to the Committee this morning to testify on various aspects of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.   We are... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, announced today that Rhode Island preschool programs will receive $6,043,131 from the U.S. Departments of Education and Health... Read More

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.  I’d like to join you in thanking our witnesses for joining us today to provide testimony on the operation of voluntary education programs within the Department of Defense, and the Department’s... Read More

The 2017 Presidential Inauguration will be held on Friday, January 20, 2017, on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC.  For the most up-to-date information concerning the Inaugural ceremonies, please visit... Read More

JOHNSTON, RI – Rhode Island’s mill dams helped shape the Industrial Revolution. Now, federal, state, and local officials are working together to try to keep Rhode Island’s dams in better shape. Today, at the Almy Dam in Johnston,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline, together with Governor Gina M. Raimondo, today announced a new $6 million federal grant to help train hundreds of local... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the announcement that President-elect Trump has named former Defense Intelligence Agency director and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, who oversaw the drawdown of U.S. forces in... Read More